Ring resonator-based electrooptic polymer traveling-wave modulator
- Resource Type
- Periodical
- Authors
- Tazawa, H.; Ying-Hao Kuo; Dunayevskiy, I.; Jingdong Luo; Jen, A.K.-Y.; Fetterman, H.R.; Steier, W.H.
- Source
- Journal of Lightwave Technology J. Lightwave Technol. Lightwave Technology, Journal of. 24(9):3514-3519 Sep, 2006
- Subject
- Communication, Networking and Broadcast Technologies
Photonics and Electrooptics
Polymers
Electrooptic modulators
Optical modulation
Optical resonators
Electrooptical waveguides
Optical ring resonators
Resonance
Bandwidth
Optical waveguides
Electrodes
Analog optical links
electrooptic (EO) modulation
EO polymers
microwave photonics
ring resonator
waveguide modulators
- Language
- ISSN
- 0733-8724
1558-2213
The authors report the bandpass-modulation characteristics of a ring resonator-based traveling-wave modulator using an electrooptic polymer AJL8/APC. The use of the traveling-wave electrode makes it possible to achieve an efficient modulation around 28 GHz, which is the free spectral range of the resonator, with a 3-dB bandwidth of 7 GHz. The modulation sensitivity is evaluated by defining an equivalent half-wave voltage of ring modulators. It is shown that the modulator has a potential in the microwave and millimeter-wave photonics applications.